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TCNJ Student Wins Documentary Award
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posted Aug 31, 2010, 18:18
Her documentary, "Minor Details," focuses on another TCNJ student, James Henderson, who graduated in 2009 after returning from serving in Afghanistan.
TCNJ junior communication studies student Jenna Bush wins the “Home Grown
Student Documentary Short” award at the 8th Annual Garden State Film Festival
in Asbury Park. Her documentary, "Minor Details," focuses on another
TCNJ student, James Henderson, who graduated in 2009 after returning from serving
in Afghanistan.
In "Minor Details," Henderson reflects on the life-altering rigors
and experiences of war, his difficult readjustment to civilian life, a new career
path, and his renewed hopes for a lasting peace in the country where he was
deployed—a place with a history, landscape, and way of life that few Americans
can ever begin to understand or imagine. As director and producer of the 24-minute
documentary, Bush was moved by Henderson’s story when she first got to
know him last spring and decided to make it the subject of a film for the Documentary
Production class offered by Susan Ryan, associate professor of communication
studies.
Along with students Jessica Ramalhete ’10, Michele Mau ’12, and
Andrew Sigwart ’09, Bush followed Henderson over the course of his final
semester and integrated this original material with stills and footage taken
by the young soldier in Afghanistan.
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